Important information is missing here. This Linux machine was running under VMware. Such configuration needs extra parameter to kernel to keep correct time.
More detail can be found here, for example. http://communities.vmware.com/message/776326 http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/VMWareNTP VMware has a nice paper about this issue and solution too. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timekeeping.pdf -- ntpd doesn't work - time is not synchronized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238805 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to ntp in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs